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denticiilis incurvatis, floribiis 5-6-fidis, pedicellis axillaribus, masculis aggregatis petioluni 
vix superantibus, foemineis solitariis petiole plus duplo longioribus. 
Rami lif^nosi, teretes, glabri, cortice fusco. Folia petiolata, alterna, membranacea, decidua, ovato-vel 
elliptico-lanceolata, basi subacuta, apice in acumen plus minusve elongatum sublineare obtusiusculura, 
attenuata, denticulato-serrata, deiiticulis uncinatis parvis subspiniformibus incurvis, subtus glaberriraa, 
supra punctis minutis brevissime piliferis hinc illinc adspersis asperata. Flores polygami. Calyx 5-6-fidus, 
adpresse sub-pilosus, segmentis rotundatis margine minute ciliatis. Petala 5-6, calycem plus duplo super- 
antia: ungues ope staminum alternantium coaliti: limbi rotundati. Masc. Discus nullus. Pistilli rudi- 
mentum. Fosm. Flores breviter pedicellati; aggregati. Discus hypogynus nullus. Pistilli rudimentum. 
Herm. Flores solitarii, longe peduuculati. Stamina fertilia. Pistillum oblongum : germen 5-6-loculare, 
ima basi toro tenui cupuliformi arete cinctum, at discus expansus nullus. Stylus nullus. Stigma capitatum, 
lobatum. 
This is very closely allied to P. deciduus of North America. The male and hermaphrodite flowers appear 
to be always on different plants. 
Tab. XXXVI. Prinos asprellus. Fig. 1, Male flower; Jig. 2, Hermaphrodite -magnified. 
Ord. XXVI. RHAMNE^. Juss. 
1. Paliurus Aubletia ; aculeis duobus stipularibus rectis, foliis ovatis crenato-serratis 
trinerviis, corymbis axillaribus, fructu turbinato apice piano marginato, ala crassa triloba. — 
Schult. Syst. V. 5. p. 343. De Cand. Prodvo v. 2. p. 22. — Aubletia rainosissima. Lour. 
Cochin. 1 . p. 348. 
Only one specimen, and that in a very imperfect state, is in the Collection, but we have received others 
from Mr. Millett, gathered near Macao. There seem to be two forms of the plant, the one with 
glabrous leaves and branches, the other with both very pubescent. The last only we possess in fruit, 
which is also very pubescent. The ala is by no means membranaceous, nor so broad as in P. aculeatus, but 
of the same texture as the pericarp; it is three-lobed, the lobes rounded, and very slightly crenulated. 
In P. aculeatus the rim of the fruit is broad, membranaceous, crenulated, but not lobed. Loureiro unfortu- 
tunately mistook the convolute petals for a series of stamens; “ fllamenta 10 basi fissnrarum calycis jocr 
paria insidentia: horum 5 brevissima (the petals), 5 alia (the true stamens) triple longiora: antherae brevi- 
orum oblongse, magnse (the limb of the petals), lorigiorum parvae, ovate.” This error, indeed, De Candolle 
has hinted at, when he states that he had examined a specimen from Loureiro himself, and found only 5 
stamens, and these concealed by the hollow limb of the unguiculate petals. We trust that the above descrip- 
tion of the fruit will not only suffice to distinguish the species, but show the propriety of its being left in 
the genus Paliurus, where it has been hitherto placed, though doubtfully, on account of the obscurity in which 
the plant has been involved. 
1. Berchemia lineata ; inermis, foliis ellipticis integerrimis retiisis cum mucronulo, 
pedunculis terminalibus vel versus ramorum apices axillaribus paucifloris, calycis limbo 5- 
partito, segmentis linearibus tubo multo longioribus petala stamina stylumque filiforme 
aequantibus. (Tab. XXXVII.) — De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 23. — B.? Lom’eiriana. DeCand. 
1. c. — B. Poiretiana. De Cand. 1. c. — Rliamnus lineatus. Linn. — Poir. Encycl. Meth. 4. p. 
473. Lour. Cochin. \. p. 196. Pluckn. Aim. t. 408.^ 3. 
Rami diffusi, nonnunquam subvolubiles, glabri, nitidi : ramuli ultimi pubescentes. Folia alterna, brevi- 
petiolata, elliptica, retnsa, mucronnlata, integerrima, bistipulata, stipulis minutis, subulatis, planis, submem- 
branaceis vix indurescentibus, juniora subplicata, glabra, penninervia, supra viridia subtus pallida, nervis 
plurimis obliquis parallelis purpureo-fuscis prominulis, venis tenuibus transversalibus reticulatis instructa. 
Flores breviter pedicellati, hermaphroditi vel diclines. Calyx tubo bi’evi hemispluerico : limbi laciniis 
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